On September 16, an Idaho state court ruled that Kanye West should remain on the ballot as an independent candidate for president. The judge said that the law only requires candidates who use the independent procedure to “state that such … Continue reading
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On September 15, the Democratic Party nominee for Alaska’s U.S. House seat filed a lawsuit in state court, over the state’s decision to drop her partisan affiliation from the November ballot. She is a registered independent and she wants that … Continue reading
On September 15, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in the case over whether the Republican-backed referendum petition had enough valid signatures. If the petition did have enough valid signatures, then the ranked-choice law on presidential voting is … Continue reading
On September 14, the Libertarian Party sent out a press release stating that Jo Jorgensen is on the ballot in all 51 jurisdictions that have electoral votes, but no large newspaper has yet carried the news.
The Orlando Sentinel has this balanced, lengthy story about the Florida top-two initiative. It quotes a consultant for the initiative, Steve Vancore, as saying that top-two has existed in “Oregon, California, Washington, and Nebraska.” But neither Oregon nor Nebraska has … Continue reading